My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

Movie

Drama

No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.

Date: 04/07/1989

Rating: 7.5

Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan, Declan Croghan, Eanna MacLiam, Marie Conmee, Cyril Cusack, Phelim Drew, Ruth McCabe, Fiona Shaw, Ray McAnally, Pat Laffan, Derry Power, Hugh O'Conor, Darren McHugh, Owen Sharp, Eileen Colgan, Keith O'Conor, Tom Hickey, Julie Hale, Jacinta Whyte, Sarah Cronin-Stanley, Jean Doyle, Britta Smith, Adrian Dunbar, Lucy Vigne Welsh, Daniel Reardon, Conor Lambert, Martin Dunne, Charlie Roberts, Jer O'Leary, Mil Fleming, Simon Kelly, Eileen Kohlmann, Margaret Lyons, Patricia Higgins, Hilery O'Donovan, Don King, Jenny Bryne, Linda Walker, Albert Kavanagh, Joe Swan, Rita Lowe, Gerard Hourigan, Dawn Kursinczy, Denis O'Leary, Lesley Ann Long, Caromy Corcoran, Cathy Corcoran, Lisa Jane Rowland, Aisling Murnane, Audrey Diffley, Oba Seagrave, Colm Rowland, Owen Sullivan, Dean Clifford, Sean Rowland, Barry Keane, Wayne Kearney, John Mark Knight, Deborah Pierce, Barry Lord, Tess Sheridan, Fiacra Sheridan, Eoghan O'Sullivan, Kerry Ellen Lawlor, Naomi Sheridan, Emily Hodge Barker

Daniel Day-Lewis